Securing Integrated Transportation Networks

1st Edition - May 3, 2024
Imprint: Elsevier
Authors: Gary A. Gordon, Richard R. Young
Language: English
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Securing Integrated Transportation Networks provides a comprehensive look at multimodal transportation security—its dynamics, evolving threats, and technology advances that enhance operational security and related infrastructure protection and hardening, as well as the regulatory environment. As threats are evolving, so is the technology used in enhancing transportation security, operational procedures, and regulations. This book addresses this dynamic evolution of transportation security, serving as a primary reference for information on the range of activities and components involved in transportation security. It covers the myriad parts involved in the relationship between, and among, logistics, the supply chains and transportation entities, and more.

In addition, it looks at operations, infrastructure, equipment, laws and regulations, policies and procedures, and risk focused on transportation safety and security by mode and transportation in general. Cooperation and partnering with and among the industry, to include transportation providers and government agencies, is the way forward to ensure that security is maintained and keeps pace with the evolving threat and regulatory landscape.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Section I. The evolution of transportation security
Chapter 1. Overview of transportation and why we want to secure it
Prologue
1.1. What is transportation?
1.2. Freight transportation
1.3. Moving people
1.4. Components of transportation
1.5. What is transportation infrastructure?
1.6. Evolution of transportation modes
1.7. Cybersystem dependence
1.8. Threats and vulnerabilities overview
1.9. Securing transportation infrastructure and operations
Chapter 2. Transportation security before and after 9/11
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Transportation security: A little history
2.3. Protecting the railroads
2.4. Shifts in modal preferences
2.5. Intermodalism
2.6. Protecting transportation infrastructure
2.7. Enhancing initiatives with cross-sector alliances
2.8. Summary
Chapter 3. Federal agencies—Regulation and the promotion of economic growth
3.1. Introduction
3.2. A complex evolution
3.3. Railroads: Where it all began
3.4. Motor carriers: Protecting a nascent industry
3.5. Transit: A formerly embedded activity
3.6. Aviation: Bifurcation of economic and safety regulations
3.7. Ocean maritime shipping
3.8. Inland maritime shipping
3.9. Pipelines
3.10. Let's not forget intermodal
3.11. Sorting out the federal agencies
3.12. Summary
Appendix A: Compendium of federal transportation-related legislation—1800s
Appendix B: Compendium of federal transportation-related legislation—1900–1950
Appendix C: Compendium of federal transportation-related legislation—1951–2000
Appendix D: Compendium of federal transportation-related legislation—2000+
Chapter 4. Who are the parties involved and what are their relationships?
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Modal partners
4.3. Cooperative and partnered security programs and initiatives
4.4. Summary
Chapter 5. Components and economics of transportation security
5.1. Introduction
5.2. The nature of transportation infrastructure
5.3. Analysis of benefits
5.4. Dictated infrastructure
5.5. Safety and security
5.6. Transit time
5.7. Economic effects and goods
5.8. Total cost of ownership: Initial costs and ongoing maintenance expenses
5.9. Asset utilization
5.10. Mutual aid
5.11. Intermodal operations
5.12. Adding protective assets
5.13. The problem of scale
5.14. Determining probability
5.15. Summary
Section II. Exposure
Chapter 6. Nature of transported people and goods
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Transporting people
6.3. Freight
6.4. Modal attributes
6.5. Security concerns according to supply chain tier
6.6. Summary
Chapter 7. Threats, vulnerabilities, consequences, and risks
7.1. Introduction
7.2. Definitions
7.3. Transportation infrastructure
7.4. Summary
Chapter 8. Natural versus manmade disasters
8.1. Introduction
8.2. All-hazards Approach
8.3. Developing a common lexicon
8.4. Phases of emergencies or incidents
8.5. Agencies
8.6. Stakeholders
8.7. What should transportation organizations and stakeholders do?
8.8. Continuous preparedness
8.9. Summary
Appendix A: Short glossary of emergency management terms
Chapter 9. Assessing risk
9.1. Introduction
9.2. What are the risks to transportation systems?
9.3. Assessing risk
9.4. Future assessment needs
Chapter 10. Cyber threats and risks
10.1. Introduction to cybersecurity threats and transportation
10.2. How we got to where we are
10.3. Modal-specific IT and OT systems
10.4. Common threads means common threats
10.5. Generic means of protecting from cyberattacks
10.6. Artificial intelligence: A solution or another threat?
10.7. Summary
Section III. Transportation modes, interrelationships, and supply chain resilience
Chapter 11. Highway and motor carrier including shipping and postal transportation
11.1. Introduction
11.2. Physical components
11.3. Operations
11.4. Regulations and standards (operations and facilities)
11.5. Natural disasters
11.6. Manmade disasters
11.7. Protection initiatives
11.8. Summary
Chapter 12. Freight, passenger, and commuter rail
12.1. Overview of railroad operations
12.2. Importance of rail transportation
12.3. Overview of railroad infrastructure
12.4. Regulations, guidelines, and standards
12.5. Security measures and systems
12.6. Threats and vulnerabilities
12.7. Protection and hardening measures
12.8. Summary
Chapter 13. Bus and rail transit
13.1. Introduction
13.2. Overview of transit incidents and security
13.3. Key definitions
13.4. Statistics
13.5. Characteristics and operations
13.6. Threats and vulnerabilities
13.7. Protection and security measures
13.8. Summary
Appendix A
Chapter 14. Maritime transportation
14.1. Introduction to maritime transportation
14.2. General operations
14.3. Guidelines and standards
14.4. Maritime infrastructure components
14.5. Vulnerabilities and threats
14.6. Risks and consequences
14.7. Existing security measures
14.8. Future infrastructure protection, resiliency, and hardening
14.9. Summary
Chapter 15. Aviation
15.1. Introduction
15.2. Commercial passenger aviation
15.3. Commercial cargo operations
15.4. Charter operations
15.5. General aviation
15.6. Infrastructure
15.7. Regulations and standards
15.8. Threats and vulnerabilities
15.9. US approach to aviation security
15.10. Summary
Chapter 16. Intermodal versus multimodal transportation
16.1. Introduction
16.2. Taxonomy of multimodal and intermodal transportation combinations
16.3. Infrastructure
16.4. Infrastructure requirements
16.5. Risks and vulnerabilities
16.6. Protective measures
16.7. Summary
Chapter 17. Pipelines
17.1. Introduction
17.2. Standards
17.3. Pipeline infrastructure overview
17.4. Petroleum and natural gas pipeline components
17.5. Liquid petroleum pipeline components
17.6. Natural gas pipeline components
17.7. Pipeline system threats, vulnerabilities, and consequences
17.8. Pipeline security guidelines
17.9. Historical accounts of pipeline disruption
17.10. Summary
Appendix A: Threats, vulnerabilities, and consequences for common, liquid, and natural gas infrastructure tables
Appendix B: Pipeline security guidelines
Section IV. What is being done about transportation security?
Chapter 18. What is being done about transportation security?
18.1. Introduction
18.2. The divide between transportation service providers and their users
18.3. Two different worlds—Public versus private sector initiatives
18.4. International collaboration
18.5. Summary
Chapter 19. Physical versus operational security measures
19.1. Introduction
19.2. Key definitions
19.3. What is the relationship between cybersystems and operational and physical security measures?
19.4. How do physical and operational security differ, and how are they interrelated?
19.5. How are physical and operational security similar and different among transportation modes?
19.6. How does the threat environment affect these security measures?
19.7. How do policies and practices affect these security measures?
19.8. Summary
Chapter 20. Where do we go from here?
20.1. Introduction
20.2. Collaboration is key
20.3. Information sharing
20.4. Awareness of evolving threats
20.5. Layered security may be a solution
20.6. Research activities
20.7. If it were easy, everyone could do it
20.8. Concluding thoughts
Index

Gary A. Gordon

Gary A. Gordon is a Professor of Professional Practice at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He holds a Ph.D. and B.S in Civil Engineering, and MBA from the University of Massachusetts Lowell, and M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Maryland. Prior to academia, Dr. Gordon had a lengthy career in transportation operations, security and infrastructure design and construction, to include in the U.S. Army Reserve. During his career he held positions as Assistant Federal Security Director-Surface Transportation for DHS/Transportation Security Administration and Assistant Chief Engineer-Design & Construction of a former Class I Northeast Railroad. He is a co-editor of Intermodal Maritime Security: Supply Chain Risk Mitigation, co-author of Railway Security: Protecting Against Manmade and Natural Disasters and Securing Integrated Transportation Networks and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Transportation Security.

Affiliations and expertise

Professor of Professional Practice, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA

Richard R. Young

Richard R. Young is Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management at The Pennsylvania State University. He holds a B.S. in Operations Management from Rider University, M.B.A. from Albany University, and Ph.D. in Business Logistics from The Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Young is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport of the United Kingdom and is accepted to practice before the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission. Prior to academia, he held various supply chain management positions in industry. Dr. Young is on the editorial boards of several leading supply chain journals, a Fulbright German Research Scholar, and he received the 2008 Distinguished Educator Award of the National Défense Transportation Association. He is co-author of the book Railway Security: Protecting Against Manmade and Natural Disasters and co-editor of Intermodal Maritime Security: Supply Chain Risk Mitigation.

Affiliations and expertise

Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management, Pennsylvania State University, USA

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